Linda Johnson Poker Tournament Updates

Level 11 Update: Down to 9 Tables

Jun 08, '09

Level 11 Update:

Blinds: 1300-2500

Players Remaining: 86 out of 179

Chip Counts:

1. Scott Clements — 136,000
2. Chris Bjorin — 130,000
3. Tom Koral — 120,000
4. James Van Alstyne — 118,000
5. Matt Glantz — 115,000
6. Phil Hellmuth — 112,000
7. Cameron McKinley — 110,000
8. Matt Savage — 110,000
9. John Monette — 105,000
10. Phil Ivey — 101,000

Average Chip Count: 62,441

Notable Eliminations:

Greg “FBT” Mueller, Linda Johnson, Sam Farha, Toto Leonidas, Michael Binger, Mike Sexton, Brett Richey

Big Hands:

Negreanu Eliminates Johnson on the River

Linda Johnson raised from late position and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. The flop was 1073 and Negreanu led out for 2500. Johnson opted to raise to 5000 and was called by Negreanu. The 7 fell on the turn and Linda Johnson got all in for three bets.

Negreanu turned up the A1065, but was dominated by the A A 2 5 for Johnson. That is, of course, until the 10 fell on the river and sent Johnson to the rail.

Clements Takes a Small Step Backwards

Scott Clements raised from early position and gets called by the button and both blinds. They took a four-way flop of K3J. The small blind checked, the big blind bet 2500, and was raised to 5000 by Clements. The button and small blind got out of the way and the big blind made the call.

The turn was the 10 and the river was the 8 and both players checked it down. The big blind showed the J 10 4 3, good for two pair, and Clements mucks his hand and loses a small pot.

Hennigan Gets Flushed on the River

We pick up the action on a three-handed flop of A109. It is checked to Matt Glantz on the button who bet 2500, and was called by John Hennigan and another player. The turn is the K and now Hennigan leads out for 5000 and is called by both players.

The river is the 2 and now Hennigan checks. The other player in the hand bets, Glantz gets out of the way and Hennigan makes the call. He is shown the 2344, which was a runner-runner flush.

Left In The Deck:

Even though the field is quickly thinning out, Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke are occupied with other plans. Hellmuth is telling Duke about how he can’t make an appearance because he will has already committed to going to London.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   John Hennigan,   Linda Johnson,   Scott Clements

Omaha High-Low Level 17

Jun 04, '08

Blinds: 3,000-5,000

Players left: 27 of 833

Average chips: 92,000

Chip Leaders:

Thang Luu - 240,000
Mark Wilds - 235,000
Jac Arama - 202,000
Mark Gregorich - 160,000
Frank Kassela - 155,000
Stephen Bennette - 106,000
John Shirk - 94,000
Harold Heckethorn - 73,000

Eliminations:

Richard Ashby
Bob Mangino
Denny Marinack
Chris Hyong Chang
Mark Scott
Wing Wong
Allyn Shulman
Linda Johnson

Hands:

Guzman survives over and over

In a hand against two others, George Guzman goes all in without seeing his hole cards. When one of the other two players goes all with the board showing K-8-6-J, everyone's hand is turned up. Guzman finds out he has Q-Q-T-7 and needs an ace or nine on the river. Amazingly, the nine comes on the river, and Guzman triples up.

Denny Marinack goes out in rough fashion

Marinack was all in on a flop of A-6-5 and in good shape to catch at least the low pot, holding T-7-3-2. However the 2 came on the turn, giving his opponent a six-high straight and nut low with the 4-3 in his hand. As a result, Marinack was out in 29th place and took home $5,230.

Allyn Shulman goes out

On an A-K-K board, Allyn Shulman gets her remaining chips in the pot with K-J-9-6, and is up against an opponent who already has a full hosue with two aces. She didn't catch the one king left on the turn and river and was eliminated.

Gregorich thriving late in level

On two hands in the last orbit, Mark Gregorich has taken down pots with bets on the flop. He has over 160,000 chips as the field makes its way from three to two tables.

Player Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   Linda Johnson,   George Guzman

Omaha High-Low Level 16

Jun 04, '08

Blinds: 2,000-4,000

Players Remaining: 38 of 833

Average chip stack: 66,000

Chip Leaders:

Jac Arama - 200,000
Frank Kassela - 138,000
Mark Wilds - 130,000
Jose Razo Cabrera - 118,000
Thang Luu - 105,000
Gregory Giannokostas 100,000
Spencer Lawrence - 100,000
John Shirk - 95,000
Rodeen Talebi - 93,000
Wing Wong - 93,000

Eliminations:

Allen Kessler
 

Hands:

Clements chips up with bluff

After Scott Clements and his opponent both checked on a board of 3T4J, Clements bet out after the river came 2. His opponent spent two minutes thinking before ultimately folding. Clements showed Q752 for a pair of deuces and 7-5 to make a suspect low hand. The pot gave Clements over 75,000 chips.

One triple up and one elimination in one hand

Richard Ashby and an unkown player were all in preflop against Frank Kassela. Ashby held AQ43, the other player all in held AKQ2 and Kassela held A5TT. The board came 97Q4J, tripling up Ashby to roughly 30,000 chips.

Linda Johnson surviving - barely

Linda Johnson has been shortstacked throughout the level and at one point was all in against three players. The board came 85TK6. Linda flipped over over A3, which was good enough to take the low pot. Currently Johnson is at around 11,000 chips, just a little more than one big bet.

Player Tags: Linda Johnson,   Scott Clements,   Richard Ashby

Down To 270

Jun 25, '07

We are now down to 270 players in the Seniors No Limit Event.  Amarillo Slim and Tom McEvoy are two former world champions still left in the field.

Linda Johnson was the most recent notable elimination when she lost a coin flip with A-Q.

The average chip stack is about $12,000 and play will continue through the night, until we break the money bubble.
Notable Chip Counts

Amarillo Slim	34,000
Tom McEvoy	29,000
Brad Daugherty	27,800

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   Linda Johnson

Play Underway

Jun 25, '07

Play got underway shortly after noon in the world championship senior's no-limit event.  After finding their tables the players said the pledge of allegiance, took time to honor the hall of fame players in their midst and also the players that are playing "the big game in the sky."  Notable players in the field include Amarillo Slim Preston, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Linda Johnson and many others. Make sure to check back for more updates here at Cardplayer.com.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Linda Johnson,   Thomas Preston Jr

8 Down to 3

Jun 22, '07

The number of bracelets at Linda Johnson's table just took a hit. Johnson (1) finally succumbed to her short stack as did Scotty Nguyen (4).  The two of them accounted for 5 of the 8 World Series bracelets at their table.  Scott Clements (2) and Anthony Reategui (1) have the others. Reategui and Clements got involved in a pot with the player in Seat 1 at their table.  After the river the board read 9 62 8 5.  Reategui showed 7 5 for the straight and the high, while Clements and Seat 1 split the low each with A-3.

Nick Schulman was also the vicitm of a "quartering" when he was all in with A 7 6 2, against his opponent's A 3 2 2.  The board came down 7 6 4 5Q, and Schulman split the low while surrendering the high.

Hasan Habib and Jennifer Harman were a few of the latest casualties in the last few levels.  104 players are now returning from the color-up break.

Notable Chip Counts

Prince of Docness	40,100
Ron "Grumpy" Ware	34,400
David Benyamine	34,000
Patrick Antonius	33,900
Mel Judah	30,400
Chris Reslock	30,300
Barry Greenstein	29,600
Mike DeMichele	29,100
Lee Watkinson	27,500
Scott Clements	25,900
Allen Kessler	25,900
John D'Agostino	24,900
Nick Schulman	23,900
Scotty Nguyen	22,900
Robert Williamson III	21,000
Annie Duke	19,000
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow	18,900
Huckleberry Seed	17,700
Tony "G" Guoga	17,300
Todd Brunson	15,400
Jennifer Harman	14,800
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson	14,800
Rafi Amit	14,100
Tex Barch	13,700
Layne Flack	11,700
Gavin Smith	11,700
Thor Hansen	11,500
Andy Bloch	6,200
Josh Arieh	5,700
Erik Seidel	3,400

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Hasan Habib,   Jennifer Harman,   Linda Johnson,   Anthony Reategui,   Scott Clements,   Nick Schulman